Section 219-Q. Definitions

1. "Participant" means a participant as defined
  in subdivision six of section two hundred nineteen-c  of  this  chapter,
  subdivision  seven  of  section  two hundred fifteen of this chapter and
  subdivision eight of section two hundred  nineteen-k  of  this  chapter.
  Participant   also   includes   individuals   who  served  as  volunteer
  firefighters or ambulance workers in  the  timeframe  specified  by  the
  program sponsor, prior to the enactment of the service award program.
    2.  "Supplemental  award"  means  the  benefit  payable  pursuant to a
  supplemental award program.
    3. "Supplemental award program" or "program" means a plan established,
  adopted  and  maintained  under  this  article  to  provide  awards  for
  volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers.
    4. "Decade of service" means:
    (a) ten calendar years during which a participant accumulates at least
  fifty  points  in accordance with the service awards program established
  pursuant to article eleven-A, eleven-AA or eleven-AAA of  this  chapter;
  or
    (b)  ten  calendar years for which the participant can demonstrate, to
  the satisfaction of the sponsor, that he or she  substantially  met  the
  standards for active service during those ten years.